00:00We have found our rat czar. If being the rat czar of New York City doesn't sound appealing to you,
00:06you'd be surprised by how many people applied for the job. Kathleen Karate beat out 900 applicants
00:12as director of rodent mitigation. Mayor Eric Adams said he interviewed her and was impressed
00:17with her emotional intelligence and that when she was a child, she collected signatures to get rid
00:22of rats in her neighborhood. The former elementary school teacher and land use expert turned rat czar
00:27greeted the news by saying, you'll be seeing a lot of me and a lot less rats. According to website
00:33The
00:33Hill, Karate previously worked in the same role with the Department of Education. I will bring a science
00:38and systems-based approach to reducing New York City's rat population with a strong focus on cutting off
00:46the food, water and shelter rats need to survive. As she puts it, rats are tough, but New Yorkers are
00:53tougher. Mayor Adams is well known for his hatred of rats, limiting the amount of time trash can be
00:59piled on the streets. To quote his newly appointed sanitation commissioner, the rats don't run this
01:05city. We do. There's a new sheriff in town. And with your help, we'll send those rats packing. Thank you.
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